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CHARLES J. MILLER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

PACKAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed. January 4, 1904. Serial No. 187,621.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. MILLER, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to store service ap` paratus and particularly to parcel or package carriers therefor.

The object of my invention is to provide a carrier having a receptacle that can be quickly removed from the carrier and placed upon the counter or other support where the packages can be conveniently placed therein or removed, thereby rendering the apparatus particularly adapted for grocery 'stores and meat markets where the packages are sent by the person selling the goods, to the cashier or wrapping counter to be checked and wrapped.

A further object is to provide a carrier mechanism wherein all spring devices, hinged baskets and that class of carriers wherein the supporting frame is raised or lowered for the purpose of removing or replacing the package receptacle, are entirely avoided.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detailed description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a package carrier embodying my invention. Fig, 2 is a longitudinal section of the same showing the carrier ready for use at astation. Fig. 3 is a section on the line y-y of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 2 represents a hanger to which a line wire or way' 3 is attached, and 4 friction arms provided at each station for arresting the momentum of the carrier.

5 is an arm overhanging the line wire and 6 a cord connected thereto and provided with an operating handle 7.

S is a rod arranged lengthwise of the line wire and provided at each end with blocks 9 having ktransversely arranged pins 1() that project laterally upon each side of the wire in position to engage the arms 4 and arrest the m'omentum of the carrier when it reaches a station. y

`Upon the rod 8, near each end thereof, I provide brackets 11 whereon carrying wheels 12 are mounted and adapted to roll upon the line wire. Suspended upon each of the brackets 11 beneath the rod- 8 is a carrier frame composed preferably of rectangular end parts 13 connected at the bottom by bars 14 and on each side by bars 15 which are, preferably, arranged to cross each other near the middle of the carrier. and connecting bars or braces are all, preferably, made of Hat comparatively light metal bands and form a very rigid, substantial carrier frame. The opposite sides of the end parts are connected by rods 16 whereon antifriction rollers 1 7 are mounted, the said rods being a sufficient distance above the bottom of the carrier to prevent the package receptacle from being dislodged by the sudden stopping of the carrier.

18 is a pan or basket-like device having preferably rounded corners to prevent the dirt collecting therein, and adapted to rest upon the bars 14 and be held in place by the cross-bars 16 and the side braces 15. This pan is readily removable from the carrier frame, and can be inserted or removed at either end and placed upon the counter or other support to be filled or emptied.

In meat markets where my invention is generally used, the butcher places the empty pan upon the counter, cuts 0H the meat and weighs it and places it upon the wrapping paper in the pan. The pan is then placed in the carrier and sent over the line to the cashiers desk or wrapping counter where the meat can be again weighed, if desired, and compared with the weight on the customers duplicate slip forwarded by the butcher.r

Each carrier may be provided with several pans so that while one pan is being emptied at the wrapping counter, the butcher can be filling another. The carrier can be used in a similar way in grocery stores and other places of business where it is desired to transmit bulky or other packages from one part of the store to another, either for the purpose of Efrapping up the goods or checking them, or

An apparatus of this kind is particularly serviceable and durable as all spring devices are entirely eliminated, and there is absolutely nothing about the device that can be easily broken or is likely to get out of repair.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a store service apparatus, the combination with a way, of a frame having wheels to travel upon said way, and a rest or support and a pan adapted to contain articles of a bulky nature removably arranged upon These end parts said rest, and means on the sides and ends of said frame for preventing the accidental dislodgment of said pan.

2. A package carrier comprising suitable wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the line Wire, a carrier frame having open ends supported by said wheels, and a parcel receptacle removably arranged with said frame.

3. A package carrier comprising brackets and wheels mounted thereon and adapted to rest and travel upon the line wire, a carrier frame supported at each end by said brackets, said frame having open ends, and a parcel receptacle adapted to be inserted into said frame and removed therefrom through said open ends.

4. A parcel carrier comprising a skeleton frame having an open end, side bars connecting the heads or ends of said frame, a pan litting within said frame and removable through said open end, and wheels carried by said frame and adapted to rest and travel upon the line wire.

5. In a parcel carrier, the combination, with a frame having an open end and carrying wheels, and a bar extending across said end, of a receptacle or pan `removably arranged within said frame.

6. A parcel carrier comprising a frame having heads or ends and bars or strips connecting the same at the sides and the bottom, and a pan or receptacle removably Jritting within said frame.

7. A parcel carrier comprising a skeleton frame having an open end and side bars or guards, Wheels mounted on said frame, and a package receptacle removably fitting within said frame.

8. In a store service apparatus, the combination with a way, of a support having wheels to rest upon said way, and depending ends, and a rest between them, a package receptacle loosely carried by said rest between said ends, and means for preventing the accidental dislodgment of said receptacle.

9. A parcel carrier comprising an open or skeleton frame and wheels adapted to rest u on a way, and a packa e receptacle inc osed by said frame, and aving a lengthwise movement to separate it from said frame.

v10. A package carrier comprising a support having a bottom and wheels adapted to rest and travel upon the line wire, a tray or pan removably arranged on said bottom and adapted to receive and transport articles of a bulky nature, and means preventing the accidental dislodgment of the tray from said suport.

p 11. The combination, with a line wire, of a support having a bottom and wheels adapted to rest and travel upon said wire, and a removable package rece tacle resting on said bottom, there being su cient space between the wire and said receptacle to allow articles of a bulky nature to be received and transported therein and retaining means for said receptacle extending transversely of said support.

12. A arcel carrier comprising a frame and wheels adapted to rest and travel upon a way and a package receptacle comprising a sheet metal ilat lbottom pan having side and end Walls and loosely fitting within said frame and inclosed thereby and means preventing the accidental dislodgment of said p 13. A parcel carrier comprising a frame having wheels to rest and travel upon a way, and a pan adapted to contain packages of a bulky nature carried by said frame and said frame having a rest or support extending under said pan and retaining means for said pan arranged lengthwise and transversely of said frame, and said pan having a lengthwise movement to separate it from said frame, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of December 1903.

CHARLES J. MILLER. 

